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ACC Chair Bob Burns shares updates with Rotarians

Posted 1/8/20

The Rotary Club of Scottsdale recently welcomed Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman Bob Burns as keynote speaker at the club’s 2020 opening meeting.

When introducing Mr. Burns, at …

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ACC Chair Bob Burns shares updates with Rotarians

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The Rotary Club of Scottsdale recently welcomed Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman Bob Burns as keynote speaker at the club’s 2020 opening meeting.

When introducing Mr. Burns, at Scottsdale’s McCormick Ranch Golf Club’s Pavilion, Rotarian Jolene Hale, noted that Mr. Burns, a former Rotarian, serves as one of five state-wide ACC elected members.

His first term began in January 2013 and he was recently re-elected to a second four-year term that started in January 2017, according to the release.

During his talk, Mr. Burns addressed topics including: utility rate setting cases; complaint due processes; utility rate setting tools; individual roles and rights of ACC members; corporation registry and security processes; railroad crossing (i.e. hazard materials); and pipeline safety (i.e. gas leaks); master meter complexities (i.e. apartments and trailer parks); ACC member election perspectives; national organization for regulatory commissions; pending court cases; ACC led studies and reports; various ACC and APS matters and more.

As a corporation commissioner, Mr. Burns oversees the regulation of Arizona’s private water, wastewater, electric, gas and telecommunications companies, as well as, civil enforcement of the Arizona Securities Act, safety inspection of railroads and pipelines and the incorporation of businesses, the release said.

During his time at the Commission, he has been actively engaged in issues pertaining to emerging technologies in energy. For the past 54 years, Mr. Burns has contributed to making Arizona a better place to live, work and play, the release said.

In 1989, Mr. Burns began his career in public service as an elected state representative. In the House of Representatives, he was Chairman of Appropriations and served on many committees, including, Health, Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation, and Insurance.

In 2001, Mr. Burns was elected a member of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Directors, which is responsible for overseeing the management of the Central Arizona Project, a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines, and is the largest single resource of renewable water supplies in  Arizona.

The board is also the largest user of electrical power in Arizona, the release noted.

In 2003, Mr. Burns was elected to the Arizona State Senate where he served 14 years as Chairman of Appropriations and on numerous committees, including Rules and Finance.

In 2009, he was elected president of the Arizona Senate, serving until 2010.
While serving in the legislature, Mr. Burns has received many recognitions and awards.

His public and community service extends beyond his substantial time in the Legislature, the release added.

See: scottsdalerotary.org or call 480-945-6158 for more information on the club.